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iharter and By-Laws 



United Engineering Society 

29West Thirty-ninth Street 
New York, N. Y. 



Third Revision 
May, 1 9 17. 






Incorporated under Chapter 703 

Laws of the State of New York 

May 11, 1904 







AN ACT 

TO INCORPORATE 

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6 UNITED ENGINEERING SOCIETY 



Became a Law May 11, 1904, with the Approval of the Governor. 
Passed, a Majority Being Present. 



The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and 
Assembly, do enact as follows: 

Section 1. 

Charles F. Scott, Albert R. Ledoux, Theodore Dwight, 
Charles Kirchhoff, Charles Wallace Hunt, Frederick R. Hutton, 
Schuyler Skaats Wheeler, Bion J. Arnold, James M. Dodge and 
their successors shall be and hereby are created and constituted 
a body corporate by the name and title of United Engineering 
Society, to take effect from the time this act shall become a law. 

Section 2. 

The objects of the corporation hereby created shall be the 
advancement of the engineering arts and sciences in all their 
branches, and to maintain a free public engineering library. 

Section 3. 

The corporation hereby created shall maintain its principal 
office in the City of New York, State of New York, and it shall 
have the general powers and privileges of a corporation as the 
same are declared in chapters thirty-five and forty-three of the 
general laws, and in addition thereto shall have power: 

1. To take real and personal property by grant, devise or 
bequest, and to use, maintain, occupy, lease, mortgage and convey 
the same. 

2. For any of its lawful corporate purposes to make, issue, 
negotiate and sell its promissory notes, bonds or certificates of 
indebtedness. 



The excess of the receipts of said corporation over its ex- 
penditures, if any, shall be used for the advancement of the 
engineering arts and sciences in such manner as may be pre- 
scribed by its by-laws. 

Section 4. 

The corporate powers and privileges conferred upon and 
granted and to be granted to the corporation hereby created shall 
be exercised by a Board of Trustees, which shall consist at first 
of the aforementioned: Charles F. Scott, Albert R. Ledoux, 
Theodore Dwight, Charles Kirchhoff, Charles Wallace Hunt, 
Frederick R. Hutton, Schuyler Skaats Wheeler, Bion J. Arnold, 
James M. Dodge. The qualifications and term of office of such 
trustees, the manner of filling vacancies in the Board of Trustees, 
the manner of electing successors to the said trustees, the manner 
and cause of removal, and the method of resignation of members 
of the Board of Trustees, shall be provided for by the by-laws 
of the corporation. No member of the Board of Trustees shall 
receive any pecuniary compensation for his services. The by- 
laws of the corporation hereby created shall be adopted by its 
first Board of Trustees by the affirmative vote of at least a 
majority thereof. Such by-laws may thereafter be amended or 
repealed in the manner therein prescribed. 

Section 5. 

The premises and property which shall at any time belong 
to or be held in trust by the corporation hereby created, or the 
trustees thereof, including all endowments made to it, shall not 
nor shall any part thereof be subject to taxation. 

Section 6. 

The Supreme Court shall possess and exercise a supervisory 
power over the corporation hereby created, and may at any time, 
on reasonable notice of application therefor to the Board of 
Trustees, compel from the Board of Trustees, a full account of 
the execution of its trusts, and the trustees shall at any time 
render a like full account of the execution of their trusts on the 
request of either branch of the legislature. 

Section 7. 

Any building erected by the corporation hereby created shall 
be used perpetually, in whole or in part, as a meeting place and 
headquarters for American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 
American Institute of Mining Engineers, and The American Soci- 
ety of Mechanical Engineers, and for such other scientific associa- 
tions as may be permanently or temporarily admitted to enjoy 
such privileges by the Board of Trustees of the corporation 



Transfer 
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hereby created, subject to such conditions and upon such terms 
as the by-laws may prescribe. The expenses of maintaining such 
building shall be provided for in the manner to be declared in 
the by-laws of the corporation hereby created. Any deficiency 
in the income of the corporation hereby created necessary to 
pay its expenses for the maintenance and use of any building 
erected by it shall be assessed against each of the said American 
Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Institute of Mining 
Engineers, and The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 
and such other societies as may be permanently or temporarily 
admitted by the consent of the Board of Trustees of such cor- 
poration to the use of said building in such manner and in such 
proportion as the by-laws may prescribe. 

Section 8. 

This act shall take effect immediately. 

State of New York, ) 

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Office of the Secretary of State, j 

I have compared the preceding with the original law on file 
in this office, and do hereby certify that the same is a correct 
transcript therefrom and of the whole of said original law. 

JOHN F. O'BRIEN, 

Secretary of State. 



Andrew Carnegie having created a trust for the engineering 
profession of America in the year 1904 by giving the munificent 
sum of one and one-half million dollars for the erection of build- 
ings to Ee administered by the American Institute of Mining 
Engineers, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the 
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and the Engineers' 
Club, and 

The Legislature of the State of New York having passed 
an act which became a law on May 11, 1904, creating United 
Engineering Society to administer that part of the trust relating 
to the American Institute of Mining Engineers, The American 
Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Institute of 
Electrical Engineers, 

The following By-Laws were approved by the governing 
bodies of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, The 
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the American In- 
stitute of Electrical Engineers, and were unanimously adopted 
by the trustees of United Engineering Society on the sixteenth 
day of December, 1904. 

A revised edition to incorporate the Library By-Laws was 
issued in 1913; a second revision in 1916 to provide for The 
!^j^ine£rio^.JE , Qundation r .the initiaj, gift for which, of two hun- 
dred thousand dollars, was presented by Am brose Swasey. and 
a third revision of the By-Laws in 1917 included the necessary 
changes by the addition of the American Society of Civil Engin- 
eers as a Founder Society, together with the revisions on of J&av 
1917 to provide for the creation of an Engineering Council to 
consider matters pertaining to the engineering profession as 
a whole. 



BY-LAWS 



Office 

1. The principal office of the Society shall be located in 
the City of New York at such place as the Board of Trustees 
may from time to time determine. 

Seal 

2. The corporate seal of the Society shall be circular in 
form, two inches in diameter, and shall bear in block letters the 
words, 

"UNITED ENGINEERING SOCIETY, 

New York. 

Chapter 703, Laws of the State of New York. 

May 11, 1904." 




Objects and Powers. 

3. The objects of this Society shall be to advance the engi- 
neering arts and sciences in all their branches, and to maintain 
a free public engineering library. 

4. The Society shall have power and authority to receive, 
conserve, invest and re-invest, hold in trust and administer such 
moneys or other property as it may receive from any source for 
its own purposes or for any other endowment or activity within 
the scope of its charter. 



Founders' Certificate 

5. Participation in the founding of United Engineering So- 
ciety by the Founder Societies shall be evidenced by a Founders' 
Certificate, which shall set forth the name of the founding society 
or association, the fact that it was one of the equal contributors 
to the foundation, and the names of the other contributors, and 
shall be executed in the manner required for the execution of 
legal documents. It shall in addition thereto bear the signatures 
of the members of the original Board of Trustees or a majority 
thereof. The entry of an additional Founder Society shall be 
evidenced by a similar certificate modified to conform to the facts, 
and executed by the Board of Trustees or a majority thereof. 

6. Each Founders' Certificate shall bear in place of a 
consecutive number, the characteristic word in the title of the 
Association to which it is issued, such as "Civil," "Mining," 
"Mechanical," "Electrical." 

Founder's Agreement 

7. Each Founder Society shall, with United Engineering 
Society and with each other, as a condition of becoming a Foun- 
der Society, enter into the agreement which is appended to these 
By-Laws. 

Associates 

8. Any other scientific association or other society admitted 
by the Board of Trustees to enjoy any privileges of United 
Engineering Society or the use of its building shall be known as 
an "Associate." 

9. The Board of Trustees may at any time admit Associate 
Societies for such period and upon such terms and conditions as 
it may from time to time determine. 

Associate's Agreement 

10. Before any Associate Society shall be admitted to enjoy 
the privileges of United Engineering Society or the useof its 
building, it shall comply with such regulations as the Board of 
Trustees shilfprescribe. and enter into an agreement with United 
Engineering Society in such form as the Board of Trustees may 
require. Said agreement shall in addition to such other provi- 
sions thereof as the Board of Trustees may approve, contain an 
agreement on the part of such Associate Society, that it will pay 
when due all assessments levied against it pursuant to the pro- 
visions of these By-Laws. 

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Election of Trustees 

11. The corporate powers and privileges of the Society 
shall be exercised by the Board of Trustees, which shall have 
full control and management of its affairs. 

12. The Board of Trustees shall consist of twelve members, 
three of them representing the American Society of Civil Engi- 
neers, three of them representing the American Institute of 
Mining Engineers, three of them representing The American 
Society of Mechanical Engineers, and three of them representing 
the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. 

13. Each of the Founder Societies shall, at the outset, 
elect, appoint or designate its representatives upon the Board of 
Trustees by making provision for the expiration of the terms of 
office of said representatives so that the term of one shall expire 
on the adjournment of the next ensuing annual meeting; that 
of another one (1) year thereafter, and that of another two (2) 
years thereafter. The American Society of Civil Engineers, the 
American Institute of Mining Engineers, The American Society 
of Mechanical Engineers, and the American Institute of Elec- 
trical Engineers shall each annually elect or appoint one of its 
members as a Trustee of United Engineering Society, to serve 
for a term of three years. 

14. A vacancy in the Board of Trustees, caused by the 
resignation, removal or death of a Trustee, shall be filled by the 
Founder Society by which he was elected. 

15. The election of a Trustee shall be evidenced to United 
Engineering Society by a written certificate, executed by such 
officers of the Founder Society as the governing board thereof 
may specify. 

Term of Office of Trustee 

16. The term of office of one Trustee from each Founder 
Society shall expire in each year on the adjournment of the 
Annual Meeting of United Engineering Society ; but each Trustee 
shall continue to serve as such until his successor shall have been 
elected and shall qualify. 

17. A Trustee shall not be eligible for more than two terms 
consecutively. 

Removal 

18. Any Trustee may be removed at any time by the 
Founder Society by which he was elected. Such removal shall 
be certified to the Board of Trustees in the same manner as the 
election of a Trustee. 

19. Whenever a Trustee ceases to be a member of the 
Founder Society from which he was elected, and the fact is so 



certified by any executive officer of his society, pursuant to a 
resolution of its governing body, he shall immediately cease to 
be a Trustee. 

Resignation 

20. Should a member of the Board of Trustees or an officer 
resign at any time, such resignation shall be presented to the 
Secretary in writing, and shall take effect immediately, unless a 
future date is named in the resignation. A Secretary's resigna- 
tion shall be presented to the President. No acceptance of a 
resignation shall be necessary, but in the case of a resignation of 
a Trustee, immediate notice of it shall be given to the Founder 
Society by which he was elected. 

Changing Number of Trustees 

21. If, when there are no vacancies, the number of Trus- 
tees shall for any reason be either reduced or increased from 
twelve, any action or proceeding which, according to any provi- 
sions of these By-Laws, requires the vote of nine Trustees or of 
more than a majority of the Trustees, shall require and may be 
taken upon the vote of a majority of the representatives of each 
Founder Society upon the Board of Trustees as such board shall 
then be constituted. 

Meetings 

22. Stated meetings of the board shall be held monthly 
except in the months of July and August at the office of the 
Society, on the fourth Thursday of each month, at such hour 
as the Rules may provide, or if that day falls on a holiday, then 
at the same hour upon such other business day as the Board shall 
direct. Notice need not be given of stated meetings of the Board. 

23. Special meetings of the Board shall be called at any 
time upon the request of the President or any three Trustees. 

24. Notice of special meetings shall be given to each Trus- 
tee by letter posted in New York City at least five days prior to 
the date of the meeting. 

25. Notice of special meetings shall state the business to be 
transacted thereat and no other business shall be transacted at 
such meeting. 

Quorum 

26. A majority of the Board of Trustees shall constitute 
a quorum for the transaction of business. When less than a 
quorum is present at a stated or special meeting, the members 
present may adjourn the meeting to any specified date and time, 
and if the adjournment be to a subsequent hour of that day, no 
notice of such adjournment shall be required; but if such meeting 

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be adjourned to any subsequent day, the Secretary shall forth- 
with give notice to each member of the Board of Trustees, stating 
the day, hour and place to which such meeting shall have been 
adjourned, but failure to do this shall not invalidate the meeting. 

Notice 

27. Whenever under the provisions of these By-Laws 
notice is required to be given to any Trustee, Officer or Founder 
Society, it shall be sufficient if given in writing and deposited in 
the Post Office or letter box in a post-paid sealed wrapper ad- 
dressed to such Trustee, Officer or Founder Society at his or 
its address as the same appears on the books of this Society and 
the time of the sending of such notice shall be deemed to be the 
time when the same shall have been deposited in the mail. 

28. Any Trustee, Officer or Founder Society may waive 
any notice required to be given under these By-Laws by filing 
with the Secretary a written statement to that effect. 

Annual Meeting 

29. The annual meeting of the Board of Trustees shall be 
its regular meeting, held in the month of January in each year, 
as prescribed in sections 22 to 25 of these By-Laws. The new 
Board of Trustees shall hold a meeting immediately after the 
adjournment of the Annual Meeting to elect officers for the 
ensuing year. 

Officers 

30. The Officers of the Society shall be a President, a First 
Vice-President, a Second Vice-President, a Secretary and a 
Treasurer. 

31. The Officers of the Society shall be elected by ballot, 
and the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Board of 
Trustees shall be necessary in order to elect. A vacancy in any 
such office shall be filled by the Board of Trustees in the same 
manner. 

32. The President and each Vice-President shall be elected 
from the members of the Board of Trustees. 

33. The Secretary and Treasurer may or may not be mem- 
bers of the Board of Trustees. 

34. Each of the Officers shall hold office until the adjourn- 
ment of the Annual Meeting subsequent to his election and until 
his successor shall be elected and shall have qualified. 

35. The Board of Trustees may at any meeting, by an 
affirmative vote of seven members, elect an Assistant Treasurer 

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to hold office until the adjournment of the Annual Meeting sub- 
sequent to his election, or for such shorter period as the Board 
may determine. 

36. To provide for emergencies or upon sufficient cause 
appearing to it, the Board of Trustees may delegate exclusively 
or concurrently to any officer or committee any of the powers or 
duties which according to these By-Laws are vested in any other 
officer or committee. 

37. Any officer of the Society may be removed at any time 
by the affirmative vote of seven Trustees. 

President 

38. The President shall exercise a general care and super- 
vision over the business affairs and property of the Society sub- 
ject at all times to the direction of the Board of Trustees, and 
shall do and perform all acts usually incident to the office of 
President which are or may be authorized or required by any 
law or ordinance. 

39. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all 
meetings of the Board of Trustees, to countersign all checks, 
drafts and notes and upon the order of the Board of Trustees 
to sign, execute and deliver documents, legal instruments and 
papers. 

First Vice-President 

40. It shall be the duty of the First Vice-President to pre- 
side at meetings of the Board of Trustees in the absence or dis- 
ability of the President. 

41. The First Vice-President shall be vested with all the 
powers of the President in the event of his permanent disability 
or absence from the country. 

Second Vice-President 

42. It shall be the duty of the Second Vice-President to 
preside at meetings of the Board of Trustees in the absence or 
disability of the President and First Vice-President. 

43. The Second Vice-President shall be vested with all the 
powers of the President in the event of the permanent disability 
or absence from the country of both the President and First 
Vice-President. 

Secretary 

44. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of 
Trustees and act as clerk thereof. He shall record all its pro- 
ceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose, and he shall attend 
to the giving and serving of all notices of the Society. 

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45. He shall be the custodian of the corporate seal and 
shall impress the seal upon all documents, instruments, certifi- 
cates and. papers when ordered so to do by the Board of Trustees. 

46. He shall have the care and custody of all books, papers, 
records and materials of the Society, and these shall at all reason- 
able times be open to the examination of any Trustee of the 
Society or of any officer of the Founder Societies when specially 
authorized by their respective boards of management, such in- 
spection to be granted upon application at the office of the So- 
ciety. 

47. He shall attend to such correspondence as may be 
assigned to him, and he shall in general, under the direction of 
the Board of Trustees, perform all the duties usually pertaining 
to the office of Secretary. 

48. He shall give the Society a bond in such amount as the 
Board of Trustees may require, at the expense of the Society, 
with sureties satisfactory to the Board, for the faithful per- 
formance of the duties of his office and the turning over to the 
Board of Trustees of all books, papers, vouchers, records, money 
and other property of whatever kind belonging to the Society 
that have been in his custody. 

Treasurer 

49. The Treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds of 
the Society. He shall disburse these funds as may be ordered 
by the Board of Trustees, taking proper vouchers for such dis- 
bursements, and whenever required shall render to the Board of 
Trustees, or to the Finance Committee, an account of all his 
transactions as Treasurer. 

50. The securities of the Society shall be deposited by the 
Treasurer with a Trust Company, to be designated by the Board 
of Trustees and proper receipts for them shall be obtained and 
preserved by him. 

51. He shall give the Society a bond in such amount as the 
Board of Trustees may require at the expense of the Society, with 
sureties satisfactory to the Board, for the faithful performance 
of the duties of his office and the turning over to the Board of 
Trustees of all books, papers, vouchers, records, money and other 
property of whatever kind belonging to the Society that have 
been in his custody. 

52. He shall sign all checks, drafts and notes, and on the 
order of the Board of Trustees shall countersign documents, legal 
instruments and papers. 

Assistant Treasurer 

53. The Assistant Treasurer shall during the absence or 
disability of the Treasurer perform the duties of the Treasurer, 

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and such other duties as the Board of Trustees may from time 
to time prescribe. 

54. He shall give the Society a bond, at the expense of 
the Society, in such sum, with such sureties, and upon such con- 
ditions as the Board of Trustees may prescribe. 

Bank Account 

55. Moneys received by the Society shall be deposited, in 
the name of the Society, in such bank or banks, trust company 
or trust companies as the Board of Trustees may from time to 
time designate. 

56. Checks, drafts or money orders drawn to the order of 
the Society may be endorsed for deposit by the Treasurer or 
Secretary. 

57. All checks, drafts or money orders drawn by the So- 
ciety shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the 
President. 

Fiscal Year 

58. The fiscal year of the Society shall terminate on the 
thirty-first day of December in each year. 

Contracts 

59. No contract shall be made for more than one year with- 
out the approval of the Board of Trustees. 

Liabilities 

60. No obligations or bills shall be contracted for the So- 
ciety by its officers or others involving a liability or expenditure 
exceeding one hundred dollars, except as directed by the Board of 
Trustees. 

61. No bills or claims of any character against the Society 
involving an expenditure exceeding one hundred dollars shall be 
paid unless the same shall have been audited by the Board of 
Trustees. 

62. No officer of the Society shall incur any liability what- 
soever without the authority of the Board of Trustees unless there 
shall be in the treasury sufficient funds to meet the same, not 
subj ect to prior liabilities other than the funded debt. 

Budget and Assessment 

63. It shall be the duty of "the Board of Trusteees at the 
Annual Meeting to consider the Annual Budget prepared by the 
Finance Committer, and either to approve it or take such other 
action thereon as it may deem advisable. The Budget shall in- 

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elude a statement of any d eficit „jsr _ t surplus from the preceding 
year, the e xpense s of maintaining the building, the cost of repairs, 
insjuxaj^j^ajid , = renewals, an allowance for a reserve fund nqt 
exceeding $25,000 in one year, interest on the funded d ebt , if 
any, interest on the entire cost of the ground and -building to the 
Founder Societies, whether the same has been donated or not, 
and the amount required to meet any obligations of the Society 
for the curj&njkj&ar. The surplus at any time to the credit of the 
Reserve Fund shall not be included in the Budget for any year. 

64. The Board of Trustees shall apportion the total amount 
specified by the budget among the Founder Societies and the 
Associate Societies, and eacl^ of such §pcieJL|e.s shall be assessed 
an amount sufficient to make the total amount assessed equaLto 
the requirements of tl^ejbudget. The Board shall notify in 
writing each of such societies of the amount of the assessment 
imposed against it, and the total amount of the assessment so 
imposed on each of such societies shall become due and payable 
on the expiration of thirty days from the giving of such notice, 
unless the Board shall specify in such notice other time or times 
when the whole or some portion of the assessment shall become 
due and payable. That portion of the budget in each year to be 
assessed against the Founder Societies other than the amount 
which they may be assessed for allotment of sjaace occupied, by 
them shalJLbe assessed against them in. equal amounts. In fixing 
the amount of the assessment against the respective societies the 
determination of the Board shall be final, conclusive and binding 
upon the respective societies and upon each of them. 

65. A similar assessment shall be levied by the Board of \ 
Trustees upon any Associate Society admitted during the fiscal ; 
year for whicn the budget shall have been prepared. In fixing 
the amount of such as^sessnient the Board shall take into Qgn^. 
sjsl&piipn a ^ so the portion of the^fiscal^ear during which such 
society shall be entitled to enjoy the nriyileges of the Society and 
the use of its building. Its action in fixing the amount of the 
assessment so to be paid and the time of its payment shall be 
final, conclusive and binding upon the society so admitted during 
such fiscal year. 

Reserve Fund 

66. The Board of Trustees may by a majority vote of its 
total membership direct the investment and reinvestment from 
time to time of the Reserve Fund and by a like vote apply the 
same or any part thereof toward the retirement or payment of 
bonds or other obligations of the Society other than sums paid 
to it pursuant to the Founder's Agreement provided for in Sec- 
tion 8 of these By-Laws. Excepting as above provided for, no 
appropriation shall be made out of the Reserve Fund save by the 

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affirmative vote of nine Trustees, which nine shall include a 
majority of the representatives of each Founder Society, and no 
payment shall be made out of said Reserve Fund for the re- 
payment of sums advanced or paid to this Society by any Founder 
Society pursuant to any Founder's Agreement provided for in 
Section 8 of these By-Laws, excepting in accordance with the 
provisions of such Founder's Agreement. 

Authorization of Mortgage 

67. No mortgage covering the real property of the Society 
or any portion thereof shall be authorized by the Board of Trus- 
tees except by the affirmative vote of nine Trustees of United 
Engineering Society after thirty days' written notice has been 
given to all the members of the Board. 

Default 

68. Upon the default of an Associate Society for the period 
of sixty days in payment of any assessment, its allotment shall 
terminate immediately. 

69. Upon default of a Founder Society in payment of any 
assessment, the Secretary of United Engineering Society shall 
immediately give written notice of such default to the President 
and Secretary of such society. 

70. Upon a Founder Society defaulting in payment of any 
sums which in the Founder's Agreement, provided for in Section 
8 of these By-Laws, it has agreed to pay, or in payment of any 
assessment for expenses levied against it, in pursuance of these 
By-Laws of United Engineering Society, for one year, its allot- 
ment shall terminate, and upon its defaulting for three years, it 
shall cease to have any representation on the Board of Trustees, 
and to have any connection with or interest in United Engineer- 
ing Society or its property, and all its right to participate in the 
privileges of United Engineering Society and the use of its build- 
ing under the provision of these By-Laws or the act incorporat- 
ing United Engineering Society or otherwise, shall forthwith 
cease and terminate. 

71. The Board of Trustees may from time to time in its 
discretion, by the affirmative vote of not less than nine of its 
members, which nine shall include a majority of the representa- 
tives of each Founder Society, extend the time for the payment 
of any assessment, providing no such extension shall be for a 
period longer than one year, and no one default shall be extended 
for periods in the aggregate exceeding three consecutive years; 
and by a similar vote the Board may relieve any society from the 
consequences of any default for less than three years in the pay- 

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_j Committee 
78# ©le Secretaries of the Founder Societies 
ani of the United Engineering Society shall be a 
House Committee, of T*hich the Secretary of the United 
Engineering Society shall oe Chairman. 



ment of the assessment levied against it, upon such terms as the 
Board may determine. 

Statements 

72. The Board of Trustees shall submit to the Founder So- 
cieties in January of each year, a statement of the financial con- 
dition of the Society, together with the Budget for the current 
year. 

Committees 

73. The Board shall have authority to appoint Standing 
and Special Committees. The duties of such Committees shall 
be as the By-Laws may designate or as the Board shall direct. 
Membership on all Standing Committees shall terminate with the 
adjournment of the annual meeting in each year, or as soon there- 
after as the new members shall have qualified. The President of 
the Board of Trustees shall be a member of all committees ex- 
officio. 

Finance Committee 

74. The Board of Trustees at the Annual Meeting shall 
appoint a Finance Committee to consist of one member of the 
Board from each Founder Societ)^. 

75. The Finance Committee shall advise the Board of Trus- 
tees in regard to the investment and safekeeping of all funds and 
securities of the Society and shall advise all boards and com- 
mittees on matters relating to income and expenditure. 

76. The Finance Committee shall prepare for the Annual 
Meeting a report of the operations of the past year and of the 
financial condition of the Society at the end of that year, and 
shall submit a budget of the revenues and expenditures to be 
expected during the new year. 

77. The Finance Committee shall determine the form of all 
accounts kept for the Society and its various boards and com- 
mittees. It shall recommend the assessments to be levied for the 
use of office space and halls, and shall discharge such other duties 
in financial matters as the Board of Trustees may from time to 
time direct. 

House Committee 



78^ The-Soaxi_of Trustees at the Annual Meeting shall 
appoint a House Committee to consist of the Secretaries of the 
Founder Societies. The chairman of this committee shall be 
appointed by the Board of Trustees. 

79. It shall be the duty of the House Committee to have 
general oversight and executive charge of the building of United 
Engineering Society and of its use. It may adopt rules to govern 

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the use of the building, but such rules may be amended at any 
meeting of the Board of Trustees without notice of intention so 
to do. 

80. The House Committee shall have power to engage and 
to discharge all employees for whose work the committee is re- 
sponsible. 

81. The House Committee shall carry on negotiations and 
make recommendations in regard to the allotment of space in the 
building and shall audit all bills incurred for its needs. 

82. The members of the House Committee may attend the 
meetings of the Board of Trustees and take part in its delibera- 
tions, but shall have no vote. All action taken or recommended 
by the House Committee shall be reported to the Board of Trus- 
tees for approval. 

Library 

83. The Board of Trustees shall maintain and conduct a 
free public Engineering Library, in conformity with an agree- 
ment duly ratified by the Founder Societies and subject to such 
regulations as the Board of Trustees may from time to time 
determine. 

84. The Library shall be conducted by a Library Board, 
subject to the direction of the Board of Trustees. 

85. The Library Board shall be composed as follows: 
Four members designated by each of the Founder So- 
cieties. 

The Secretary of each of the Founder Societies. 
The Director of the Library, who shall also be the 
Secretary of the Board. 
One member shall be designated by each Founder Society 
each year to serve four years. 

Any vacancy occurring among the appointed members shall 
be filled by the corresponding Founder Society for the unexpired 
term. 

86. Regular meetings of the Library Board shall be held 
on the second Thursday of January, May and October of each 
year. Special meetings may be called at the option of the Chair- 
man, on not less than seven days' notice, and must be called by 
the Chairman, on the written request of not less than nine mem- 
bers. A quorum shall consist of not less than nine members, 
of whom at least four shall be appointed members, including at 
least one such member from each of the Founder Societies. 

87. At its first regular meeting in each calendar year the 
Library Board shall elect one of its members to be Chairman for 
a period of one year or until his successor is elected. At the 
same meeting the Library Board shall elect from its own mem- 

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bers an Executive Committee to consist of an equal number of 
members from each of the Founder Societies, to serve for one 
year. The Chairman of the Library Board shall be ex-officio a 
member and Chairman of the Executive Committee. The Di- 
rector of the Library shall be ex-officio Secretary of the Executive 
Committee of the Library Board, but shall have no vote. The 
Chairman of the Library Board shall be privileged to attend the 
meetings of the Board of Trustees for the purpose of participat- 
ing, without vote, in the discussion of questions which concern the 
Library. Notice of each called and adjourned meeting of the 
Board of Trustees shall be sent to the Chairman of the Library 
Board. 

88. If less than a quorum be present at a meeting of the 
Library Board the members present may adjourn the meeting 
to a day fixed. 

89. The Library Board shall have authority, subject to 
the Board of Trustees, to administer the Library and the income 
of any funds held by the Society for providing revenues for 
library purposes. 

90. At the first meeting of each calendar year the Library 
Board shall present to the Board of Trustees and to the Founder 
Societies a full report of its acts during the past year, including 
a financial statement of its receipts and disbursements and its 
general recommendations for the coming year as to policy and 
finance. 

91. A regular meeting of the Executive Committee shall 
be held on the first Wednesday of each month except July and 
August. Special meetings may be called by the Chairman. A 
majority of the members shall constitute a quorum, but a less 
number than a quorum may adjourn the meeting to a day fixed. 
The Secretary of any of the Founder Societies may be present 
at any meeting and shall have the same right as members to be 
heard, but shall not vote. Notice of each called and adjourned 
meeting shall be sent to each such Secretary. 

92. The Executive Committee shall be the representative 
of the Library Board and shall execute the instructions of the 
Library Board; and whenever necessary shall take any action for 
which the Library Board has authority, reporting such action for 
approval to the Library Board at the next following meeting of 
said Board. 

93. The Director of the Library shall be appointed by the 
Board of Trustees from a list of names submitted by the Library 
Board. 

94. The Director of the Library shall be the executive of 
the Library Board and of its Executive Committee, and, subject 
to the direction of said Board and Committee, shall have charge 
of the Library. 

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95. The Director of the Library shall be a member and 
the Secretary of the Library Board, but not a member of Exe- 
cutive Committee. 

96. At each meeting of the Library Board the Director 
of the Library shall submit a written report containing his recom- 
mendations for the purchase of books and supplies, and for any 
changes in service or in the work of the Library. 

The Engineering Foundation 

97. The United Engineering Society shall establish and 
maintain a fund to be known as The Engineering Foundation. 

98. The Engineering Foundation shall be controlled and 
administered by a board to be known as The Engineering Foun- 
dation Board. It shall have discretionary power under the By- 
Laws in the disposition of funds £g£fii>%4 by it f jojg the United 
Engineering Society for the purposes of The Engineering Foun- 
dation. 

99. The Engineering Foundation Board may use any part 
of such funds and in any manner which it deems proper, Joj; the 
furtherance of research in science and engineering, or for the 
advancement in any other manner of the profession of < -ngineer- 
ing and the good of mankind ; and may make known to the world 
the results of its undertakings by publication, by public lectures 
or by other means in its discretion. 

100." "The "Engineering Foundation Board shall consist of 
even members, each elected by United Engineering Society at 
an annual meeting and serving for a term of three years or less, 
or until his successor is elected, and eligible for re-election for 
one term of three years or less, or until his successor is elected. 
Should United Engineering Society for any reason fail to elect 
at an annual meeting, election shall be made as soon thereafter 
as may be practicable. 

101. The Engineering Foundation Board shall be consti- 
tuted as follows : 

From United Engineering Society while remaining 
members of its Board of Trustees or until .their successors 
are elected, four members, consisting of one representative 
of each Founder Society. x. 

From each Founder Society, upon the nomination of 
its governing body, one member not a member of the Board 
of Trustees of United Engineering Society. 

Two members at large. N. 

The President of United Engineering Society ex-officio. 

102. Any vacancy occurring in The Engineering Founda- 
tion Board may be filled by the Board of Trustees of United 
Engineering Society. 

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100» The jngineering ?oundation. Board shall 
consist of sixteen jnaaberB, each to serve for a t«m 
of three years or until Ma successor la eloctod, 
and to bo eli iblo for re-election for one tarn, ex- 
cept as stipulated in seotio 11. ?ems shall ex- 
pire at annual westings of the Ssglnecrtn*; Waadation 
Beard. 

10l # ;, iftoen members shall bo elected by 
United n$ineerins society as follows: Cue Trustee 
of United 'tnginoering Society representing each 
Founder Society, two nenbers from each Founder 
■: ociety nominated lay its governing body, who are not 
Trustees of tftited engineering Society, and three 
wsnbm at large* rhe President of United tiogtaeer- 
ing **oiety # eat officio* shall be a mrter of the 
Engineering Foundation Hoard* "."he teem of each 
■ember «fe> is elected as a Trustee of united m>- 
^ineeriag Society shall be limited to the time he 
rcnMim a Trustee* T&oetiom? by tfcited i&glneertng 
Society shall be at its annual meetings* or as soon 
thereafter as practicable* Tecanpice shall be 
filled in the saa* araner m the original election, 
» : JP** Be^olar saetlngs of toe ^ineoring 
Foundation Board shall be held on the se cond Thursday 
of February, may, S e pt e mb e r sad Becerter of each 
year* She February meeting shall be the Annual 
Keating. social seating* may be called at the 
option of the Ohaiiwai on not less than seven days* 
notice, and mmt be called by the Ch&inaaa or 
Sett r etary on the written request of three or more 
■art em* Be business shall be transacted at a special 
■eating other than that stated in the call* 

102. A quoraa of the £sgineerin$ Foundation 
Board shall be five starters* 

lO^W At the annual meet in?* the 
Foundation Soard shall elect frun soon* its 
a flhalman and two /ioe-Ohainnen to serre for one 
year* or until their a ecu ass cits are elected* 

10e* fmsre shall be* an lacecatiTe Remittee 
of fire aemhere, name4y t the Obaittaan, two Yice- 
ChalBaen and two mortem of ^iginoerlng Foundation 
Board elected at the annual nesting* 

106* She Board at the annual nesting shall 
elect a Secretary to mvrw for one year or until 
his successor is elected* The Secretary shall 
no rote unless he is a meaner of the 

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"N)3. Regular Meetings of The Engineering Foundation 
Board shall be held in the months of February, May, September 
and December^pf each year. The February meeting shall be the 
Annual Meeting. Special meetings may be called at the option of 
the Chairman on not less than seven days' notice, and must be 
called by the Chairman or Secretary on the written request of 
three or more members. Nonbusiness shall be transacted at a 
special meeting beyond that stated i 11 the call. 

104. A quorum of The Engineering Foundation Board shall 
consist of three or more members. ^x. 

105. The Engineering Foundation Board" shall elect one of 
its members at the annual meeting in February toSbe its Chair- 
man, to serve for one year or until his successor is elected. 

106. The Board at this same meeting shall select a Secre- 
tary to serve for one year or until his successor is selected. The 
Secretary shall have no vote unless he is a member of the Board. 

107. The Treasurer of United Engineering Society shall be 
the Treasurer of The Engineering Foundation and shall attend 
the meetings of The Engineering Foundation Board, but shall 
have no vote unless a member of the Board. 

108. The Engineering Foundation Board shall prepare 
and present to the annual meeting of United Engineering So- 
ciety a report covering the work which it has undertaken dur- 
ing the year and the progress made, together with a complete 
and itemized financial statement. 

Educational Work 

109. The Board of Trustees shall co-operate with the 
Founder and Associate Societies in giving public lectures on en- 
gineering and scientific subjects and in arranging for the conduct 
of such educational and research work as may from time to time 
be deemed advisable. 

Access to Building 

110. The members in good standing of the American So- 
ciety of Civil Engineers, the American Institute of Mining En- 
gineers, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the 
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and of the Associate 
Societies shall at all reasonable times have free access to the 
building and any parts that are for general use, subject to the 
provisions of these By-Laws. 

111. Any person violating such Rules as may have been 
established for the use of the building, may, by direction of the 
Board of Trustees, be refused admittance to the building for 
such period as the Board may determine. 

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Founder's Allotment 

112. The Board of Trustees shall issue to the Founder So- 
cieties certificates to be known as "Founder's Allotments/' evi- 
dencing the assignment by the Board, of the portions of the 
Society's building therein designated, to the individual use of 
the societies to which the same are issued. Each said Found- 
er's Allotment shall also specify what portions, if any, of the 
building are reserved to the individual use of the society to 
which the same is issued for any particular period of each year 
or for any designated days or portions thereof. The allotment 
evidenced by such certificate shall remain in force unaltered and 
unimpaired except by the mutual consent of the Board and the 
society to which the same may be issued, or until revoked by the 
Board, pursuant to three years' written notice given to the 
Founder Society. 

Associate's Allotment 

113. The Board of Trustees shall issue to the Associate 
Societies certificates to be known as "Associate's Allotments," 
evidencing the assignment by the Board of the portions of the 
Society's building therein designated to the individual use of 
the societies to which the same are issued. Each Associate's 
Allotment shall specify what portions, if any, of the building 
are reserved to the individual use of the society to which the 
same is issued for any particular periods of each year or for 
any designated days or portion thereof. The allotment thereby 
evidenced shall be for such period of time and terminate on 
such notice and in such manner as the Board of Trustees may 
determine. 

Engineering Council 

In order to provide for convenient cooperation between the 
four Founderfiocieties, for the proper consideration of ques- 
tions of^general interest to engineers and to the public and to 
provide the means for united action upon questions of common 
concern to engineers, the United Engineering Society shall, in 
addition to its other activities and entirely separate therefrom, 
establish and maintain a department to be known as the Engi- 
neering Council. 

114. Each Founder Society^ shall have five reprp spfflftffifjyes 
on the Engineering Council. These representatives shall be 
designated by the governing body of such Society and shall hold 
office for three years; provided, however, that when the first ap- 
pointment of such representatives is made, one shall be appointed 
for one year, two for two years, and two for three years. 

115. The United Engineering Society shall have four rep- 
resentatives on the Engineering Council, who shall be chosen by 
its Board of Trustees. Such representatives shall be men not 

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already designated by a Founder Society, and shall hold office for 
three years, provided, however, that when the first appointment of 
such representatives is made, one shall be appointed for one year, 
one for two years, and two for three years. 

116. The Council may speak authoritatively for all mem- 
ber societies on .ill public questions of a common interest or con- 
cern to engineers, im^ss^bjig^jp^ fa prjfflfc by a majority of the 
representatives present ofone of the FqilP^fir Sflfjfitfe" or ^y 
one-fourth of the representatives present and voting. It shall 
defer any action which is opposed as aforesaid; such suspended 
"fiSJMLfiha 1 * b e rp ^ T $(LM Ml ftSAgPYeg.ning bodies of the societies 
whose representatives have protested, for an expression of 
opinion of a veto upon further action, and may then be recon- 
sidered if such societies have agreed. 

117. The Council shall elect annually (at its annual meet- 
ing) from the representatives a Chairman, and two Vice-Chair- 
men; also a Secretary, who may or may not be a representative. 

118. The expenses of the Engineering Council shall be 
disbursed out of such funds as the Trustees of United Engi- 
neering Society shall from time to time provide for that purpose. 

119. The Engineering Council shall hold an annual meet- 
ing in New York in the month of February and such other meet- 
ings as the Council may decide. 

120. A quorum shall consist of one-third of the total num- 
ber of representatives upon the Council. 

121. An Executive Committee to serve one year shall be 
constituted of six members, of which the Chairman, and two 
Vice-Chairmen shall be members. It shall transact necessary 
business between meetings of the Council, but shall take no action 
binding the Council upon debatable questions of engineering 
concern. 

122. The Council shall have authority to make r ules for || 
its own guidance, not inconsistent with these by-laws. 

123. The Trustees of United Engineering Society may 
elect to jnejnjasjsjyp in the Engineering Council other national 
engineering or technical so ejfi tifig, under such rule | 3 T1T as the 
Council prescribes provided their nomination and said rules have 
the unanimous approval of the governing bodies of the four 
Founder Societies. "yM •'- 

124. The Council shall keep a record of its proceedings $fe4#&l 
and transmit, after each meeting, a copy of the same to the 

Board of Trustees of United Engineering Society. 

Amendments 

125. The Board of Trustees may alter, amend, rescind or 
add to these By-Laws at a regular meeting by the affirmative 

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vote of not less than nine Trustees, which nine shall include a 
majority of the representatives of each Founder Society, pro- 
vided the approval in writing has been given by the governing 
board of each Founder Society and that a written notice of such 
proposed amendments shall have been mailed to each member of 
the Board of Trustees not less than three weeks before action is 
to be taken upon the proposed amendment. 

126. Amendments of the By-Laws, which do not effect 
any change in the number or mode of election of Trustees, or 
in the qualifications, terms of office of Trustees, or mode of 
filling vacancies in the Board of Trustees, may be made as pro- 
vided above in Section 125, save that the approval of the govern- 
ing boards of the Founder Societies shall not be required. 



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Appendix 



THE FOUNDER'S AGREEMENT 

As Provided for in Section 7 of the By-Laws. 



"MEMORANDUM OF FOUNDER'S AGREEMENT 
"entered into this tenth day of August, 1916, between UNITED 
"ENGINEERING SOCIETY, party of the first part, AMERI- 
CAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS, party of the 
"second part, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANI- 
CAL ENGINEERS, party of the third part, AMERICAN 
"INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS, party of the 
"fourth part, and THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL 
"ENGINEERS, party of the fifth part. 

"The party of the first part being incorporated by an Act 
"of the Legislature of the State of New York which became a 
"law May 11th, 1904, and being the owner of land and a building 
"erected thereon known as the Engineering Societies Building, 
"located on West 39th Street, in the Borough of Manhattan, in 
"the City of New York, and the parties of the second, third and 
"fourth parts having been heretofore Founder Societies of the 
"party of the first part, and having together with said party of 
"the first part on or about January 26th, 1905, executed an 
"agreement known as the Founder's Agreement as provided for 
"in the By-Laws of the party of the first part, and the party of 
"the fifth part having become an additional Founder Society of 
"the party of the first part, with like rights and relations in and 
"with the party of the first part, and with the parties of the sec- 
"ond, third and fourth parts, as those heretofore possessed and 
"existing by and between the parties of the first, second, third 
"and fourth parts, and the parties of the second, third and fourth 
"parts having heretofore each made certain payments or advances 
"by way of contribution to the United Engineering Society under 



"and upon the terms of Treasurer's receipts, provided for in said 
"Founder's Agreement, and the party of the fifth part hereto 
"having heretofore agreed, as its contribution to said United En- 
gineering Society, and in lieu of the contribution which it would 
"have made under said original Founder's Agreement if it had 
"been originally a Founder Society, to pay the cost of the en- 
"largement of the said building, not exceeding however, the sum 
"of $250,000 as is more fully provided for by agreement between 
"the parties hereto dated the tenth day of August, 1916, such 
"contribution by the party of the fifth part to be made under and 
"upon the terms of the Treasurer's receipts of the party of the 
"first part hereinafter set forth, and 

"WHEREAS, for the aforementioned contributions hereto- 
fore made by each of the parties of the second, third and fourth 
"parts, such Treasurer's receipts have been issued, and 

"WHEREAS, the parties of the second, third, fourth and 
"fifth parts hereto are desirous of enjoying the privileges of 
"Founder Societies of the said party of the first part as provided 
''for in the By-Laws of the said United Engineering Society, now 
"these presents WITNESSETH: 

"The parties of the second, third, fourth and fifth parts do 
"severally, each for themselves and not for each other, promise 
"and agree to and with each other and with the party of the first 
"part, to permanently maintain their principal offices in the build- 
"ing of the party of the first part, subject to the provisions of 
"the By-Laws of the United Engineering Society as they now 
"exist or may hereafter be amended, such agreements of the 
"parties of the second, third and fourth parts being effective 
"now, and such agreement of the party of the fifth part to become 
"effective from, and beginning with the time of the completion of 
"the enlargement above mentioned. The amounts heretofore con- 
"tributed to the party of the first part by the parties of the sec- 
"ond, third and fourth parts having been paid and advanced 
"under and upon the terms of Treasurer's receipts of the party of 
"the first part issued at par for the amounts so paid or advanced 
"from time to time in the following form, it is agreed that the 
"contribution of the party of the fifth part for, or towards the 
"cost of making the enlargement of the building hereinabove 
"mentioned, not exceeding the sum of $250,000 shall likewise be 
"paid and advanced under and upon the terms of such Treas- 
urer's receipts of the party of the first part, which shall be 
"issued at par for the amounts so paid or advanced from time to 
"time, such Treasurer's receipts to be in the following form, to 
"wit: 

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" 'TREASURER'S RECEIPTS.' 

'"THIS CERTIFIES THAT UNITED ENGINEER- 

" 'IXG SOCIETY (herein called the payee) has received from 

" 'American of 

" 'Engineers (herein called the payor) the sum of 

" 'dollars ($ ) to be used and invested by the payee in 

" 'carrying out its corporate purposes, said amount being so paid 
" 'as part consideration for the admission of the payor as a 
" 'Founder Society of the payee, under and subject to the by- 
" 'laws of the payee. 

" 'IT IS AGREED by the payor that interest on the amount 
" 'of this receipt is and will be deemed discharged by privileges 
" 'accorded to the payor as a Founder Society as provided in the 
" 'by-laws of the payee, and that no right to recover any of the 
" 'principal of such amount or interest thereon, shall exist so long 
" 'as the payee shall be in existence and perform its corporate 
" 'functions. Neither this receipt nor the claim for the amount 
" 'evidenced thereby is transferable and any assignment or en- 
" 'cumbrance of said receipt or claim, shall make the same void. 
" 'Neither this receipt nor said claim shall be redeemable or pay- 
" 'able excepting out of such portion of the reserve fund of the 
" 'payee as may be appropriated therefor by a vote of the major- 
" 'itv of the representatives of each of the Founder Societies on 
" 'the Board of Trustees of the payee, as such Board shall then 
" 'be constituted, it being understood that any such appropriation, 
" 'if made, shall be applied pro rata upon such of the claims rep- 
" 'resented by treasurer's receipts issued to and then held by 
" 'such of the Founder Societies as shall then be represented in 
" 'the Board of Trustees of the payee. This receipt and the claim 
" 'evidenced thereby, shall not be subject to any indebtedness 
" 'of the payor to the payee and shall become void as an evidence 
" 'of indebtedness or obligation to said payor in case said payor 
" 'shall for any cause cease to have representation upon the Board 
" 'of Trustees of the payee. 

" 'UNITED ENGINEERING SOCIETY. 

" ' Treasurer. 

" ' President. 

"'Dated, New York 19 .' 

"AND EACH OF THE PARTIES OF the second, third, 
"fourth and fifth parts hereto does further covenant and agree 
"severally, and each only for itself, to and with each other, and to 

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"and with the party of the first part, that it will abide by and 
"comply with the by-laws of the party of the first part and will 
"pay when due all assessments levied against it, in accordance 
"with the by-laws of the party of the first part. The party of 
"the first part, in consideration of this agreement, has adopted 
"its by-laws, and has admitted or will admit the parties of the 
"second, third, fourth and fifth parts hereto, as Founder Societies, 
"in accordance with the provisions thereof, and has acquired 
"property and assumed obligations for the purpose, among other 
"things, of enabling it to accord privileges in its building to the 
"parties of the second, third, fourth and fifth parts, and this 
"instrument is executed by the parties of the second, third, fourth 
"and fifth parts hereto in consideration thereof, and to induce 
"said party of the first part to take such action. And each of 
"the several parties hereto has assumed the obligations herein 
"contained in consideration of the agreements and obligations of 
"each of the other parties hereto. 

"This agreement is entered into in lieu of, and as a sub- 
stitute for the Founder's Agreement heretofore entered into be- 
"tween the first four parties hereto, it being agreed however, that 
"the Treasurer's receipts heretofore issued pursuant to the orig- 
inal Founder's Agreement shall remain operative and of the 
"same order of validity and priority as Treasurer's receipts to be 
"issued hereunder to the party of the fifth part, 

"IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the several parties hereto 
"have caused these presents to be executed by their respective 
"officers and their corporate seals to be hereunto affixed." 



NOTE 

The agreement reproduced above was executed by United 
Engineering Society and the four Founder Societies, August 10, 
1916, and the corporate seals of the contracting parties thereto 
affixed. 

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LIBRARY AGREEMENT. 

The Library Agreement referred to in By-Law 83 was 
executed by United Engineering Society and the first three 
Founder Societies in February, 1915, and revised to include the 
American Society of Civil Engineers, August 10, 1916. 

AGREEMENT 

The American Institute of Mining Engineers 

The American Societ}^ of Mechanical Engineers 

The American Institute of Electrical Engineers 

The American Society of Civil Engineers 

(Known as the "Founder Societies") 
and the 
United Engineering Society 
in consideration of one dollar by each to the other in hand paid, 
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and of the mutual 
agreements herein contained, hereby agree, each with the other, 
that: 

1st. The present Library of each of the said societies shall 
remain the property of that Society, each book or other article 
of each Library shall bear the bookplate of its owner. 

2d. The four libraries of the said societies shall be con- 
trolled and administered as one Joint Library by the Library 
Board of the United Engineering Society, in accordance with the 
By-Laws of that Society. 

3d. The future current purchase of books, periodicals and 
other literature for addition to the Joint Library, shall, under 
the direction of and with the approval of the Library Board, be 
made and paid for by the United Engineering Society; and each 
such purchase shall be the property of and bear the bookplate 
of the United Engineering Society; except that future purchases 
by the United Engineering Society of additional numbers to any 
serial publication now in the Library, shall carry the same 
bookplate as the earlier numbers and the entire publication shall 
continue to be the property of the society represented by the 
bookplate. 

4th. The cost of binding, the salaries of the Director and 
of all assistants, all supplies and other current expenses for the 
Library, shall, when approved by the Library Board, be paid by 
the United Engineering Society. 

5th. The United Engineering Society, shall, as far as in 
its judgment its financial condition will permit, pay in each year 
the current expenses for books and all other costs of the admin- 
istration of the Joint Library for the same year; and it shall have 
authority, now conferred by this agreement, to make equal assess- 

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merits on each of the Founder Societies, to provide such additional 
funds as may be required, for the payment of said current ex- 
penses of the Library. 

6th. The Library Board shall not incur nor authorize bills 
of expense for books, or for the administration of the Library or 
for any other purpose in excess of the allowance for the Library 
in the budget of the United Engineering Society for the current 
year. 

7th. The accounts of all income and expenditure for the 
Library shall be kept in the books of the United Engineering 
Society and such accounts shall be open to the inspection of any 
officer of any Founder Society. 

8th. This agreement shall not in any way preclude any 
Founder Society from acquiring by purchase from its own funds, 
or by gift or exchange, any books, periodicals or other articles for 
its own library, and placing them in the Joint Library as its 
own property under its own bookplate. 

The care and binding of such books, periodicals or other 
articles so acquired and placed, shall be at the expense of the 
United Engineering Society so long as they remain in the Joint 
Library. 

9th. This agreement is to take the place of the Library 
Agreement heretofore executed to take effect as of January 1st, 
1915, by the first three of the above named Founder Societies and 
the United Engineering Society. 

Dated New York, August 10th, 1916. 

(Signatures) United Engineering Society, 

Charles F. Rand, President. 
Joseph Struthers, Treasurer. 

American Society of Civil Engineers, 

Clemens Herschel, President, 
Chas. Warren Hunt, Secretary, 
J. Vipond Davies, Director. 

American Institute of Mining Engineers, 
L. D. Ricketts, President, 
Bradley Stoughton, Secretary. 

The American Society of Mechanical En- 
gineers, 

D. S. Jacobus, President. 
Calvin W. Rice, Secretary. 

American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 
H. W. Buck, President. 
F. L. Hutchinson, Secretary. 

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INDEX 

Note. — Paragraph numbers of the By-Laws are referred to 
unless otherwise stated. 

Agreements, Associate Societies B 8, 9, 10, 113 

Founder Societies B 7, pg. 23 

Library pg. 27 

United Engineering Society and Founder Societies. pg. 23 

Allotment of space in building B 81, 112, 113 

Amendments to By-Laws B 125, 126 

Annual meeting B 29 

Annual reports . . . B 63, 76, 90, 108 

Assistant Treasurer B 35, 53, 54 

Assessments, apportionment of B 64, 65, 77 

arrears in B 68, 69, 70 

extension of time for payment B 71 

Associate's Agreement B 9, 10 

Associate Societies pg. 2, sec. 7 

allotment of space B 8, 9, 10, 113 

assessment . . B 65 

default in payments B 68, 71 

termination of agreement B 113 

Balloting B 21, 31 

Bank account B 50, 55, 56, 57 

Bills, audit of B 60, 61, 62, 81 

Board of Trustees United Engineering Society 
See Trustees. 

Bonding of officers B 48, 51, 54 

Books of account B 77 

Budget B 63, 64, 72 

Building of United Engineering Society . pg. 2, sec. 7, pg. 4, B 79 

access to B 110 

access refused B 111 

Carnegie, Andrew, gift of building pg. 4 

Charter pgs. 1, 2, 3 

Certificates of indebtedness pg. 1, sec. 3 

Checks, deposits, signing and countersigning . B 39, 52, 55, 56, 57 

Committees, appointment of B 73 

powers of B 36 

termination of service B 73 

Compensation, Trustees United Engineering Society. pg. 2, sec. 4 

Contracts, term of B 59 

Correspondence, conduct of B 47, 103 

Deficit in income, how met pg. 3, sec. 7 

Director of the Library, appointment and Duties 

B 85, 87, 93, 94, 95, 96 
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INDEX — Continued. 

Educational work B 109 

Employees B 80 

Endowment pg. 1. B 4. 98, 99 

Engineering Council B 114-124 

annual meeting B 117, 119 

authority of B 116, 122 

election'to B 114, 115, 117, 123 

executive committee, election and duties B 121 

funds and expenses B 118 

officers of B 117, 121 

quorum B 120 

reports and record of proceedings B 124 

representation other societies B 123 

representation Founder societies B 114 

representation United Engineering Society B 115 

Engineering Foundation (The) B 97, 99 

board appointment and duties B 98, 99, 100 

101, 102, 108 

meetings B 103 

officers B 105, 106, 107 

quorum B 104 

reports B 108 

vacancy in B 102 

Executive Committees B 87, 121 

Finance Committee, appointment and duties. .B 63, 74, 75, 76, 77 

Financial statements B 72, 90, 108 

Fiscal year B 58, 90, 108 

Founder Societies, agreements B 3, 4, 5, 7, pgs. 21, 22 

allotment B 1 1 2 

certificate B 5, 6 

assessment B 64 

default in payment B 69, 70 

representation Engineering Council B 114 

representation on (The) Engineering Foundation. .B 101 

representation on Library Board B 85 

representation United Engineering Society B 13 

Funds, use of pg. 1, sec. 3, B 66, 89, 98, 99, 118 

Headquarters, United Engineering Society. . .pg. 2, sec. 7, B 1 

History of incorporation pg. 4 

House Committee, appointment and duties. B 78, 79, 80, 81, 82 

Incorporation, United Engineering Society pgs. 1, 2, 3, 4 

Incorporators pg. 1, sec. 1 

Investments B 4, 66, 98 

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INDEX — Continued. 

Legal documents, signatures on B 39, 45, 52 

Legislature, report to pg. 2, sec. 6 

Liabilities, incurring of . . . .pg. 1, sec. 3, B 60, 61, 62, 80, 81 

Librarian See Director of Library 

Library agreement pg. 27 

conduct and maintenance pg. 1, sec. 2, B 3, 83, 84 

purchase of books B 96 

Library Board, 

annual report B 90 

chairman B 87 

executive committee B 87, 91, 92 

members of and duties B 84, 85, 89, 91 

meetings B 86, 87, 91 

meetings, quorum B 86, 88, 91 

secretary B 87 

term of office B 85 

vacancy in B 85 

Meetings, 

Engineering Council B 117, 119 

quorum B 120 

(The) Engineering Foundation Board B 103 

quorum B 104 

Library Board and Executive Committee. . .B 86, 87, 91 

quorum B 86, 91 

United Engineering Society, 

B 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29 

attendance Chairman Library Board B 87 

attendance House Committee B 82 

quorum B 26 

Name, United Engineering Society pg. 1, sec. 1 

(The) Engineering Foundation B 98 

Obj ects, 

(The) Engineering Foundation B 99 

Engineering Council B 116 

United Engineering Society. . . .pg. 1, sees. 2, 3, 

pg. 2, sec. 7, B S 

Office pg. 1, sec. 3, B 1 

Officers, 

Engineering Council B 117, 121 

(The) Engineering Foundation B 105, 106, 107 

Library Board B 87, 91, 95 

United Engineering Society B 30 

(See also Trustees and name of officer) 
President, United Engineering Society, election and duties 

30, 32, 38, 39, 73, 101 

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INDEX — Continued. 

Property rights pg. 1, sec. 3, B 4 

Quorum (see Meetings) 
Reports, 

(The) Engineering Foundation Board B 108 

Finance Committee B 75, 76 

House Committee B 82 

Library Board B 90, 92, 96 

Secretary B 44, 46 

Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer B 49, 53 

United Engineering Society pg. 2, sec. 6, B 72 

Reserve Fund, investment of B 66 

Resignations B 20 

Salaries pg. 2, sec. 4 

Seal B 2, 45 

Secretary, election and duties, 

Engineering Council B 117 

(The) Engineering Foundation B 106 

Library Board B 95 

United Engineering Society B 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 56 

Securities B 4, 50, 66, 98 

Swasey, Ambrose, and The Engineering Foundation pg. 4 

Taxation, exemption from pg. 2, sec. 5 

Treasurer, election and duties, 

B 30, 33, 34, 49, 50, 51, 52, 56, 57, 107 

Treasurer's Receipts pg. 25 

Trustees, United Engineering Society, election of, 

B 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.21 

compensation pg. 2, sec. 4 

first Board p. 2, sec. 4 

responsible to pg. 2, sec. 6, B 72 

powers of pg. 2, sec. 4, B 36 

removal of B 14, 18, 19, 37 

resignation B 19, 20 

term of office B 13, 16, 17, 19 

United Engineering Society Inc. pg. 1, sec. 1 

representation, 
See Engineering Council 
(The) Engineering Foundation 
Library Board 
Trustees 
Vice-Presidents, United Engineering Society. B 32, 40, 41, 42, 43 

Voting B 21, 31 

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